Jerramiah Healy

Jerramiah Healy (16 December 1950-) was Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from 12 November 2004 to 30 June 2013, succeeding L. Harvey Smith and preceding Steven Fulop.

Biography
Jerramiah Healy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1950 to a family of Irish immigrants, and he worked as a bartender and ironworker before graduating from Villanova and Seton Hall to become a lawyer, state prosecutor, and state court judge. In 2004, he was elected to succeed Glenn Cunningham as Mayor of Jersey City, and he was a controversial mayor due to his being pictured nude while passed out on his porch, his attempt to influence policemen who arrested him for getting into a fight outside of his sister's Bradley Beach bar, and for his disputed claims concerning increased deployment of police on the streets and a reduction in violent crime. In 2013, he was defeated for re-election by Steven Fulop.